Images of African Kingship, Real and Imagined
Explore the impact of African rulers on European culture.
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Research to Shed Light on 20th-Century Trade in Mexican Antiquities
Archival detective work will shed light on the pre-Hispanic past.
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Notes From a 1930s School Trip to Notre-Dame de Paris
Peek inside a girl’s illustrated notebook during a tour of the cathedral on a rainy day in Paris.
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How Photographs of Poverty in the Americas Ignited an International Battle over Propaganda
Rival publishers pit two photographers against each other on a global scale.
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Ancient Ruins—Parts of the Past as Well as the Present
A scene on a small ancient gem opens our minds about how we visualize the past, and also how people of the past did the same for their own history.
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When Did Vesuvius Erupt? The Evidence for and against August 24
What do we really know about the famous volcano?
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Weimar, Founding City of the Bauhaus
The legacy of the Bauhaus in its birthplace.
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Creating a Digital Museum to Memorialize America’s Slave Past
Renée Ater investigates monuments to the slave past.
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Scholars Respond to an Exhibition about Medieval Prejudice
Three essays on race, anti-semitism, and gender identity in the Middle Ages
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Confronting Power and Violence in the Renaissance Nude
The Renaissance origins of the male gaze.
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Sex, Power, and Violence in the Renaissance Nude
A new exhibition asks difficult questions about sex, violence, and beauty in Renaissance art.
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Second Getty Occasional Paper Focuses on the Link between Genocide and Cultural Destruction
New publication explore the link between crimes against humanity and crimes against culture.
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